The Love of Lancelot and Guinevere

In the days of the Round Table, there was a great knight in King Arthur's court. His name was Lancelot du 'Lac. He was the fairest and bravest knight excepting King Arthur in all of the court. His long ebony hair resembled a raven's black wing. His arms, pieces of iron. He met King Arthur's wife, Guinevere at a great feast and immedietly was mesmorized by her. I am going to put a selection from the book Lancelot by Chretien de Troyes, which was written in the 13th century, in this entry.

(Lancelot upon seeing Guinevere)

"The knight at the window recognized that it
was the Queen. As long as she
remained in his sight, he continued to gaze
at her most attentively, and with delight.
But when he could see her no longer, he
wanted to fling himself out of the window
and shatter his body on the ground below.
He was already halfway out of the window
when my lord Sir Gawain spotted him and
pulled him back in."

Lancelot - Chretien de Troyes